Following up on topic of pizza, here is where I think you can find the best pizza in Lucca, my hometown: the Pizzeria “La Bella ‘Mbriana” is a small and not particularly fancy place, but it has definitely the best pizza in Lucca and among the best pizzas I’ve had in general.

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The service is quite minimalistic and fast-food like: you get a number for your order, wait to be called, and when you are done are expected to clean up after yourself. But the cutbacks stop here: the kitchen is equipped with a brick oven and the ingredients are top-notch.

I make it a point to take my foreign guests there, and so far they haven’t been disappointed. So if you happen to be around go there, and let me know how you liked it!

As an Italian, one of the questions I’m most frequently asked is “where to get a good pizza in Helsinki”. Well, the answer is in the picture above: go get yourself a Dr. Oetker Casa di Mama frozen pizza, and you will have a better pizza than in any restaurant around town. Honest.

If you really, really insist on going out for pizza, then the closest to Italian standards I have found is in “La Vista” in Kamppi, although the quality seems to vary from one time to the next. And you’ll still be better off with Dr. Oetker.

Another option is to make it yourself, but that’s the subject for another post…

(photo credit of Flickr user canchi)